# The Biden Administration: a puppy-hug in the making **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 19, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886 "2021-01-19T15:24:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/1 "2021-01-19T15:24:29Z")
Sure, it will probably be all rainbows and unicorns compared to The Trump Years, but we can have a place-holder thread waiting here, just in case. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/2 "2021-01-19T15:29:26Z")
It’s a good place to put things about saluting a service member with a coffee cup in your hand, wearing a tan suit, worrying about the first lady wearing a sleeveless shirt. All kinds of unforgivable stuff! ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/3 "2021-01-19T15:32:04Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > saluting a service member with a coffee cup in your hand [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pl4plPGRG8o/hqdefault.jpg "Airplane! drinking problem") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl4plPGRG8o) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/4 "2021-01-19T15:37:10Z")
It’s too bad about the failed Biden Administration. But we can always look ahead to 2024. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/5 "2021-01-19T16:36:14Z")
Goddamn it, this thread promised me puppies to hug and there are no puppies! Thanks, ~~Obama~~ Biden! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/6 "2021-01-19T17:17:57Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > It’s too bad about the failed Biden Administration. But we can always look ahead to 2024. 😃 We’re all just Biden our time until then. ---
**Author:** ![tricoteuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tricoteuse/32/4334_2.png) [@tricoteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tricoteuse)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/7 "2021-01-19T18:21:54Z")
Champ and Major! 😍 > **[United States presidential pets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champ_and_Major)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Most United States presidents have kept pets while in office, or pets have been part of their families. Only James K. Polk, Andrew Johnson, and Donald Trump did not have any presidential pets while in office. However, Johnson did take care of some mice he found in his bedroom, feeding them, among other things. > The first White House dog to receive regular newspaper coverage was Warren G. Harding's dog Laddie Boy. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/8 "2021-01-19T18:37:26Z")
> [@Wikipedia](#): > > There were no pets living in the White House during the four years of the Trump administration… True: Pence stayed at the Vice President’s residence. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/9 "2021-01-19T18:44:31Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Thanks, ~~Obama~~ Biden! Well, now there’s a legitimate topic for debate: What “clever” racist name will the Deplorables come up with to link Biden to Obama? ---
**Author:** ![Strassia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@Strassia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strassia)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/10 "2021-01-19T19:31:41Z")
Just a peeve of mine, but I am afraid that we are going to see the same to problems we had under Obama when it come to critiques of the Biden admin 1. Ridiculous complaints from the right that somehow gain mainstream traction (coffee/tan suit/flag pin/golf gate) 2. Substantive complaints from the left that get yelled down or ignored (deportations/drone strikes/cracking down on whistleblowers) In other words, the only bad things that will get widespread discussion will be right wing nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/11 "2021-01-19T19:53:41Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > What “clever” racist name will the Deplorables come up with to link Biden to Obama? I’ve heard ‘Obiden’. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/12 "2021-01-19T20:29:40Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > > [@Gyrate](#): > > > > Thanks, ~~Obama~~ Biden! > > Well, now there’s a legitimate topic for debate: What “clever” racist name will the Deplorables come up with to link Biden to Obama? > [@solost](#): > > > [@Horatius](#): > > > > What “clever” racist name will the Deplorables come up with to link Biden to Obama? > > I’ve heard ‘Obiden’. Looks like Joe beat them to the punch. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zZPDcB85Udg/maxresdefault.jpg "Says a “Obiden-Bama” Democrat🤣🤣🤣🤣") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZPDcB85Udg) ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/14 "2021-01-19T20:53:50Z")
Puppy-hugs? Dammit - I wanted unicorns and rainbows. And kittens. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/15 "2021-01-19T20:55:48Z")
> [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > I wanted unicorns and rainbows. > > And kittens. …oh my. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/16 "2021-01-19T21:38:55Z")
All I ask… is a tall bottle of Merlot… and a Magnificent Inauguration to empty her by…! Fighting to install a Trump-style Despot in 2024? Well, you’re the CoGeneration. You Have At It! ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/17 "2021-01-20T00:25:26Z")
> [@Strassia](#): > > Just a peeve of mine, but I am afraid that we are going to see the same to problems we had under Obama when it come to critiques of the Biden admin > > 1. Ridiculous complaints from the right that somehow gain mainstream traction (coffee/tan suit/flag pin/golf gate) There’s at least one GOP idiot who already plans to try to impeach Biden: > **[Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’ll file to impeach Biden on Jan. 21](https://www.syracuse.com/us-news/2021/01/rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-says-shell-file-to-impeach-joe-biden-on-jan-21.html)** > > The newly elected Republican Congresswoman accused Biden of "abuse of power." ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/18 "2021-01-20T15:18:09Z")
And constant references to “the third Obama Administration”. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/19 "2021-01-20T15:23:54Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > And constant references to “the third Obama Administration”. Oooh, if trump hears that he’ll be sooo jealous, since he thought he deserved 3 terms. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/20 "2021-01-21T20:30:47Z")
Impeachment is _hard_ you guys! > **[QAnon congresswoman hasn't filed Biden impeachment articles because 'she...](https://www.rawstory.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-2650057836/)** > > QAnon-believing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) vowed to file articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden the day after his inauguration.However, Atlanta-based New Yorker staff writer Charles Bethea reports that Greene still hasn't filed... ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886/21 "2021-01-21T21:27:37Z")
I really shouldn’t have been surprised by that, but I still am. Such is the confusion of our age. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biden-administration-a-puppy-hug-in-the-making/930886.md?page=2)